More pictures of Timber for Luke

Luke misses Timber so much, so here's more pictures for him to look at.

Check out the sunset through the tree.

The fall colors are in their peak right now in Villamont. Yesterday, Lin and I took Timber on a hike to the pond at the Jaycee Camp and I also took some pictures of Timber and Pumpkin in our yard. Hope everyone has a great fall.

The Pumpkin Patch

Last Sunday, we took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch....for the second year we went to Jeter's Farm. Aubrey loved the apple cider and got her first little pumpkin.

On October 2-4, I went to Chicago and visited with Luke. It was great to see him and we toured the Shedd Aquarium and the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as Millenium Park and Lakeshore Drive. We also went to his house in Lockport, saw little Blandings turtles, and ate Chicago deep-dish pizza. Here are some video clips of the trip. I don't know why the captions aren't showing but the first one is a view of the lakeshore from the Shedd Aquarium; the second one is of sea dragons in the aquarium although its very dark; the others are of Van Gogh and Monet in the Art Institute and of course the penguins!!!

Arizona Cousins

My cousins from Arizona (all of them!) came to visit the first week of October. It was the first trip to Virginia for several of them, so we tried to cram in as much site-seeing as possible in a week. Between all the Dooley's pitching in, they were able to visit the Peaks of Otter, Northern Virginia and DC (huge thanks to Mrs. Rowlands), Smith Mountain Lake, Oriskany (for the guys) and Lexington (for the girls) and Appomattox. It was great to have them all, and hopefully they'll come back soon! I'll post pictures soon.

Outer Banks 2008

Another great year at the beach, although we had a Lin-enforced evacuation due to a tropical storm that came through--he made us leave two days early. We had a great time though, and enjoyed seafood, shopping, pastries from The Orange Blossom, steamer pots, and Yappy Hour at the Outer Barks.

Chimney Rock

Last weekend, Lindsay, Randy, Lin and I went to Asheville for a little weekend getaway to celebrate my 50th (ugh!) birthday. We had a great time and a lovely birthday dinner at Carmel's in downtown Asheville. Happy Birthday to me!